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"Great video. There is that L word again. " gary sheldon replied Jun 14, 2015 to Great little video!	2	Feb 7, 2016 Reply by rusty case
"Jantan, I am not sure what your question is. Putting a couple of longitudinal bra…" gary sheldon replied Jan 17, 2015 to Bracing or not?	8	Jan 17, 2015 Reply by gary sheldon
"Straight neck ukes work fine. Electric guitar strings are steel and are made for ma…" gary sheldon replied Jun 24, 2014 to First Uke Build	4	Jun 24, 2014 Reply by The Capo Kid
"Scott, You are welcome. One thing I forgot to mention is soundboard bracing. Dep…" gary sheldon replied Jun 14, 2014 to Favorite bridge & saddle construction?	5	Jun 14, 2014 Reply by gary sheldon
"Here is one solution. I like it better than glueing a bridge/string terminator…" gary sheldon replied Jun 13, 2014 to Favorite bridge & saddle construction?	5	Jun 14, 2014 Reply by gary sheldon
"One way to determine if the sound board needs bracing is to put a straight edge over…" gary sheldon replied May 27, 2014 to bracing for my first bolt on neck	5	May 27, 2014 Reply by gary sheldon
"Matt I changed that box from a white one to brown. The reason is that…" gary sheldon replied May 8, 2014 to bracing for my first bolt on neck	5	May 27, 2014 Reply by gary sheldon
"Matt, I am going through some of that too. I have one with a bolt on neck, on…" gary sheldon replied May 7, 2014 to bracing for my first bolt on neck	5	May 27, 2014 Reply by gary sheldon

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gary sheldon's Discussions (247)

"Great video. There is that L word again. "

"Jantan, I am not sure what your question is. Putting a couple of longitudinal bra…"

"Straight neck ukes work fine. Electric guitar strings are steel and are made for ma…"

"Scott, You are welcome. One thing I forgot to mention is soundboard bracing. Dep…"

"Here is one solution. I like it better than glueing a bridge/string terminator…"

"One way to determine if the sound board needs bracing is to put a straight edge over…"

"Matt I changed that box from a white one to brown. The reason is that…"

"Matt, I am going through some of that too. I have one with a bolt on neck, on…"

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